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big volume, as you can imagine. a private equity firm will buy the blood testing products company for just under $2 billion, or $27 per share. penny below closing price. the financial sector was the biggest drag, held back by regional banks. the dallas-based comerica shed 3%. first horizon is from tennessee. it dropped almost 3%. citi cut price targets on both, citing pressure on earnings as interest rates stay low. the nasdaq was the only of the three major indices to close higher. the best nasdaq 100 stock was netflix. volume more than doubled as the stock ran up more than 8%. nice move here. this is an all-time for shares. it announced new internet streaming service in latin america and the caribbean as it continues to expand globally. some wall street worries hit shares of medical device maker medtronic. the stock fell 3% on heavy volume. last week, a medical journal raised questions about a bone growth product and today wells fargo downgraded the stock. this is the past 180 sessions. a couple of decent rallies,
big volume, as you can imagine. a private equity firm will buy the blood testing products company for just under $2 billion, or $27 per share. penny below closing price. the financial sector was the biggest drag, held back by regional banks. the dallas-based comerica shed 3%. first horizon is from tennessee. it dropped almost 3%. citi cut price targets on both, citing pressure on earnings as interest rates stay low. the nasdaq was the only of the three major indices to close higher. the best...
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too much liquidity, too big deficits, too much inflation. the kind of stagation that came at the end of jimmy carter's presidency. others areoncerned about t mistakes of the late 1930's or the mistakes japan made in the 1990's of an economy that simply stalls out because there ist enough demand. and even with the zero interest rate,removing that barrier to investment just never fully takes off. and my judgment for the first time in my professional lifetime is that for the united states, the much greater risk is on the side of making the mistake that japan made. >> chaie: not to do enough. >> not to do, not to do enough. and i think the people who are fighting the war of the late 1970's are with the best of intentions and with a legitimate concern by pvileging that concern are putting future prosperity at risk. >> charlie: how do you create demand? i know thebig picture. you use the government to promote policies. what are the policies to get people to demand more products so companies can make more products and hire more people and use capit
too much liquidity, too big deficits, too much inflation. the kind of stagation that came at the end of jimmy carter's presidency. others areoncerned about t mistakes of the late 1930's or the mistakes japan made in the 1990's of an economy that simply stalls out because there ist enough demand. and even with the zero interest rate,removing that barrier to investment just never fully takes off. and my judgment for the first time in my professional lifetime is that for the united states, the...
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cbs is a big winner, 23%. there's more going on than n.f.l. advertising. the ad rates are pretty good. >> ad rates up 20% and they're all sold out. everybody is ready for football. the pent up is enhancing the ad sales and people watching television. >> tom: no shot patch when it comes to football. the owner of the new england patriots robert kraft took the lead on this. had to this to say about the other big negotiations going on in washington. take a listen. >> i hope we gave a little lesson to the people in washington because the debt crises is a lot easier to fix than this deal was autopsy tom more complicated business than the u.s. debt ceiling. they understand what real debt is. let's start football now. are you listening mr. boehner and president obama. we are list ink, it is rick harrow with harrow sports. thank you, sir. >> susie: in china, ambitious plans to expand its high-speed rail system are being scrutinized after a deadly wreck over the weekend. one train fell off a bridge after being derailed. 39 people were killed and almost 200 others in
cbs is a big winner, 23%. there's more going on than n.f.l. advertising. the ad rates are pretty good. >> ad rates up 20% and they're all sold out. everybody is ready for football. the pent up is enhancing the ad sales and people watching television. >> tom: no shot patch when it comes to football. the owner of the new england patriots robert kraft took the lead on this. had to this to say about the other big negotiations going on in washington. take a listen. >> i hope we...
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and i think that is the big challenge right now. how do we basically develop a political platform and a mandate to do those four things. >> i would add a couple things. to what tom said which i basically agree with. but first there is a cultural element here. it's not just a problem in washington, it's a pblem in the culture. a nation where people have distrust of authority, don't trust government, unwilling to accept sacrice, feel very threatened, want pore government than they are willing to pay for, and so there has to be a gigantic education campaign to go under that. and then the second thing i would add, and tom talked about a hybrid politics, i uld say we'vead it. and we just have to rediscover it. and i go back perpeally to my hero alex aner hamilton who created this hrid politics it was not -- he got us out of the big government versus small government debat he stood for lited b energetic government to enhance social mobility. so people in the hamiltonian practise decision which include the wig party and the lincoln an repu
and i think that is the big challenge right now. how do we basically develop a political platform and a mandate to do those four things. >> i would add a couple things. to what tom said which i basically agree with. but first there is a cultural element here. it's not just a problem in washington, it's a pblem in the culture. a nation where people have distrust of authority, don't trust government, unwilling to accept sacrice, feel very threatened, want pore government than they are...
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of the big three stock indices today. phone giant verizon was among those dragging on the dow. shares fell more than 2%. volume doubled on the drop as the stock is at its lowest price of the month. second quarter earnings were two cents per share better than anticipated. but its iphone business hasn't shown the explosive subscription growth. verizon wireless sign up just two-thirds of the iphone subscribers at a.t.&t. did during the past quarter. separately, lowell mcadams was officially named the new c.e.o., beginning august first. while telecom was one of the weakest sectors, technology was the strongest thanks to semiconductor maker advanced micro devices. earnings came in a penny ahead of estimates, not a huge surprise. but it was a strong third quarter outlook that shot the stock higher. take a look. a.m.d. was the second most actively traded nasdaq stock. volume quadrupled as shares jumped almost 20%. still, they have some ground to gain over worries about a.m.d.'s focus on net-book computers and lower end lap-tops
of the big three stock indices today. phone giant verizon was among those dragging on the dow. shares fell more than 2%. volume doubled on the drop as the stock is at its lowest price of the month. second quarter earnings were two cents per share better than anticipated. but its iphone business hasn't shown the explosive subscription growth. verizon wireless sign up just two-thirds of the iphone subscribers at a.t.&t. did during the past quarter. separately, lowell mcadams was officially...
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i would say the question is big question marks on both cases. the fact of the matter is the money which should have been appropriateed initially when george w bush announced the cancellation of the shuttle program never materialized. and so the program that he envisioned which would have sent astronauts back to the moon and ultimately beyond to mars, never took hold. so obama reversed course. and now we're in a situation where there is no specific date, no specific destination, just embracing some technologies that will allow nasa to push beyond low earth orbit. will there be funding for that? will there be the political will and leadership to follow through? those are big questions. >> dr. jemison, did nasa make, short term, the right choices. don't head off on something until you know where you are headed? >> well, i don't think it's an issue of don't hid off. i think the issue is reallies what con tell says is going somewhere -- con tell says is going somewhere and was it worth waiting until 2028 to get rid of the space station and shuttle pr
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i mean, the big difference between them... >>. >> rose: she was more hard line than he was and it'said she is even today in the councils of government. that she was more allied with bob gates than she was... >> yeah, that was the big difference during the campaign between them and that was what got oba doing soell in iowa was his rly opposition. >> rose: she supported the war even though it was just based on a speech that he'd written. so the last question is what's it going to take so that this is no longer true? >> think that it's going to be with us, charlie, for a very, very long time. and the reason i say that is that as the years go by it isn't that apresident has to think about vietnam, because vietnam has now insinuated itself int the d.n.a. of every presidt. now you think of code words. you think out having a clear exit strategy. >> rose: right. >> of giving clear instructions to the military. what are you really saying? you're really saying "i don't want another vietnam," but you don't articulate the word. you live the thought, the very essence of it. and that essence is now
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there is a big income divide. affluent republicans say it is more important to reduce the deficit but poorer republicans, middle class and lower middle class republicans say no, no, protect our benefits. >> woodruff: and are these attitudes, andy, that have changed over time with all the attention that's now being give tone the size of the debt and the urgency of the problem. >> you know, people are willing to do a lot of things to reduce this deficit. the concern is at an all-time high but when it comes to entitlements, there's no movement. it really is rock solid when we see 2 to 1 margins. >> and again entitlements meaning social security. >> and even medicaid, having states raise -- make it -- reduce eligibility for medicaid, not 2 to 1 but a solid majority say no let's not do that. >> woodruff: naftali -- with public opinion aside, what sort of divide or is there one among the leadership in the democratic or republican parties between the rank and file. >> i think that is one of the most interesting dynamics
there is a big income divide. affluent republicans say it is more important to reduce the deficit but poorer republicans, middle class and lower middle class republicans say no, no, protect our benefits. >> woodruff: and are these attitudes, andy, that have changed over time with all the attention that's now being give tone the size of the debt and the urgency of the problem. >> you know, people are willing to do a lot of things to reduce this deficit. the concern is at an all-time...
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i mean, you need to go there with a big project, working together with the community, to have a big impact. now, the challenge is a lot of people need to be relocated. and the strategy to move people and to bring them back is still not clear. so i prefer not to-- you know, i can give you my opinion, but maybe it's better if i don't. you know, it's like this, when you work with people, it's not easy, never easy. you know, the infrastructure is the soft work. the hard work is dealing with people, is dealing with the governments, dealing with the communities, dealing with the all the institutions, all the interests. so it's dealing with people is, like, the hard work. >> ( translated ): can't you see the government is lying to us? we'll be evicted like dogs one day. >> ( translated ): if you're wise, you should find somewhere to move to now. don't count on being given a house and don't think you'll come back here. when you leave, you are gone for good. >> ( translated ): how much did you say it was? >> ( translated ): that is 5,500. >> ( translated ): and electricity? >> ( translated ): 1,000
i mean, you need to go there with a big project, working together with the community, to have a big impact. now, the challenge is a lot of people need to be relocated. and the strategy to move people and to bring them back is still not clear. so i prefer not to-- you know, i can give you my opinion, but maybe it's better if i don't. you know, it's like this, when you work with people, it's not easy, never easy. you know, the infrastructure is the soft work. the hard work is dealing with people,...
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i think it would be a big deal if the u.s. government couldn't pay its debts but i don't think that's where we're going to end up. we're not greece. greece is a small economy, greece is way, way deeper in hot than we are. people have lots of options where to put money and greece is low on their list because they think there's going to be a default. where the greece metaphor comes in is that greece and portugal and spain and ireland have raised questions about whether governments keep their promises. and to the extent that the congress and the president can agree on a long run fiscal plan, it raises the question of, are we ever going to get our act together so that we don't become greece? >> and is the market yet or do you suspect it will either price this in or panic? >> it's been amazing how calm the markets have been and i think there are two reasons for that. one is, they kind of assume that eventually washington will do what it has to do. and secondly, greece and europe have been such a preoccupation that nobody wants to h
i think it would be a big deal if the u.s. government couldn't pay its debts but i don't think that's where we're going to end up. we're not greece. greece is a small economy, greece is way, way deeper in hot than we are. people have lots of options where to put money and greece is low on their list because they think there's going to be a default. where the greece metaphor comes in is that greece and portugal and spain and ireland have raised questions about whether governments keep their...
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they're concerned with the really big question that dominated all of american politics. how do you regrouped project america when the government is running out of money and the people are no longer prepared to pay more in taxes? this man looks like your typical computer science professor. he could really do with a new bicycle. he can certainly afford it. in a light 90's, he had two students, an enterprising duo that promised him a share in their new business if he gave him their advice. how much are you actually were? >> i don't like to answer that question. -- how much are you actually worth? >> more than a billion? >> that would not be completely inaccurate, let me put it that way. >> and billionaire professor who carries his own chipped tea mug. he is probably the richest academic in the world. he worries that in obama's america, wealth has become a dirty word. >> we should be empowering these people. we should be encouraging the next generation but i think there is almost a hostile attitude towards the people that have been successful in this country and the people t
they're concerned with the really big question that dominated all of american politics. how do you regrouped project america when the government is running out of money and the people are no longer prepared to pay more in taxes? this man looks like your typical computer science professor. he could really do with a new bicycle. he can certainly afford it. in a light 90's, he had two students, an enterprising duo that promised him a share in their new business if he gave him their advice. how...
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we're talking big money. and doing something on social security and medicaid. it could all easily collapse, but for the first time, you have the leader of the country and a principal legislators at least looking at the possibility of doing the right thing. >> but the leader of the country has to lead. he has not yet. even though we have had the rumors and leaks that he is prepared to look at and to discuss, that is language he has used for two -- "i am happy to discuss --" is that the discussion time. it is crunch time. why have we not heard one proposal from the president? what are you going to do on medicare? >> it is such a certain argument we are having here brought some of us, a few of us, one of us maybe -- [laughter] has an idea that i-he would come to this, -- the idea that he would come to this, "come into my parlor, said the spider to fly." the republicans had their heads handed to them politically -- i am not saying they are substantively wrong -- they tidies debt reductions -- to the reductions -- tied it these debt reductions to the debt limit. i d
we're talking big money. and doing something on social security and medicaid. it could all easily collapse, but for the first time, you have the leader of the country and a principal legislators at least looking at the possibility of doing the right thing. >> but the leader of the country has to lead. he has not yet. even though we have had the rumors and leaks that he is prepared to look at and to discuss, that is language he has used for two -- "i am happy to discuss --" is...
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big daddy cane is jimi hendrix. i understand why people are saying, what do you talk about? s.an age thing. if you are 45 and under, you perk up. that appeal to everybody. it was not soft or corny. tavis: there are a number of artists talking about the impact tribe had on them. what is the documentary trying to get us to understand about their influence on hip-hop? >> they make people feel like they were comfortable being themselves. i talked to quest love, the beasitie boys. when he was younger, he was seen as a weirdo. after tribe came out, that became the look. it made people feel comfortable being themselves. after hip-hop, it was cold chains and very much seasonal. tribe said that the not have to be like that. musically, they way they sampled and used the samples, took it to another level. musically, they broke the mold. tavis: i know that you are here today and not q tip. you have not seen him out there and we're talking about the documentary. >> you would have to ask him. he has come around. the film became a lot more interpersonal then any of us suspected when we fir
big daddy cane is jimi hendrix. i understand why people are saying, what do you talk about? s.an age thing. if you are 45 and under, you perk up. that appeal to everybody. it was not soft or corny. tavis: there are a number of artists talking about the impact tribe had on them. what is the documentary trying to get us to understand about their influence on hip-hop? >> they make people feel like they were comfortable being themselves. i talked to quest love, the beasitie boys. when he was...
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these are tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. there is not enough in corporate jets or even the hedge fund guys, although i would like to. they have to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. this is the point that gets lost on this. everybody is in this boat. there is no way out of it unless every single american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> everybody is in it, and evan is right -- evan addressed the possibility of default. when that happens, the federal government of the united states, which bars or 40 cents of every dollar we spend every single day, is faced with the option -- do you pay a sergeant in combat in kandahar, a grandmother with a 1-bedroom apartment in social security check, or to meet the obligations of bankers who are holding their debt in beijing and beverly hills? the answer is simple. the prior claim is on the second group. the reality is we are talking about -- the president is proposing increasing taxes, revenues, by 1% over the next 10 years. $400
these are tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. there is not enough in corporate jets or even the hedge fund guys, although i would like to. they have to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. this is the point that gets lost on this. everybody is in this boat. there is no way out of it unless every single american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> everybody is in it, and evan is right -- evan addressed the possibility of...
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we took a big step last friday. we recognized the t.n.c., the opposition group, as provisional... >> rose: and freed up billions of dollars. >> we're working through that through, as a legitimate vernment of libya. it'snteresting. this is... this has gone, i think, ptty wel fnkly we set out t try to protect citizens and civilians so 700,000 citizens in a wn in eastern libya on the coast called benghazi that was being threatened by qaddafi. >> the core of the resistance movement at the time. >> exactly. there was a history collective punishment. and the president decided that we couldct. that the contions were there for us to act effectively militaryly. we could do it with legitimacy, a u.n. resolution and the support of nay toshgs the arab league. we could do it with a real support from the t arabs, not just rhetoril support. we had a good division of labor that we could put in place that we would do the initial work that we could do uniquely and the others would follow on to carry on the other work, the ongoing wor
we took a big step last friday. we recognized the t.n.c., the opposition group, as provisional... >> rose: and freed up billions of dollars. >> we're working through that through, as a legitimate vernment of libya. it'snteresting. this is... this has gone, i think, ptty wel fnkly we set out t try to protect citizens and civilians so 700,000 citizens in a wn in eastern libya on the coast called benghazi that was being threatened by qaddafi. >> the core of the resistance...
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this is not that big of an oil- producing area. each side has an important constituency and a very strong and emotional attachment which makes the resolution of that problem extremely difficult. still, we expect the african union to put forward a firm proposal on how to resolve it with the the next few weeks. the other issue is a problem within the north where people who fought in the civil war fought for political autonomy and a greater sense of a quality and access to resources and those issues still remain to be addressed. there is an agreement on and political framework but we don't yet have a cessation of hostilities. >> you convened a meeting of international representatives here in washington. do you think that the international community is prepared to really fault the government of the north to accept the referendum and the independence of the south and the border region? >> we cannot force them but the international community can have a tremendous influence on both parties because the government has to live in the region
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the outcome could have big implications. >> we are falling big business stories today. 17 e.u. finance ministers went, whew -- we have some time. >> greece lived through with their promise that they would pass austerity measures. the eu finance ministers will be discussing the next bailout. this tide's greece over. they are held over until september. the next big bailout will carry them through until 2014. greece cannot return to the money market. the amount of interest to investors are demanding on greek that is unsustainable for greece. we have been saying this all this week. at the end of the day, this is just buying time for the european union to shore up its own family, to shore up the banking system within europe, recapitalize those banks so if greece goes down the default path, they can do it with structure. >> south korea. >> trade kicks off today. this is the first free trade for the you. it is important for both sides. we are talking about $1 billion between -- trade between the two. this is what happens when you sign a free-trade agreement. for the eu, it opens up so
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how big? >> another problem. because athis point they had a sort of hand shake dealor something over a trillion dollars in discretionary cuts. democrats said well, when you go into appropriations and start making these cuts this is how much that has to go to defense. republicans said no, they have t agreed to that yet. it's a major stumbling block at this point. so while it was beginning to look like in the biden talks that there was consensus around certain things, and i think it's true in some of the non-health maatory like farm subsidies and federal worker pensis and trb i care i understand is on the table, they agreedhat the were rape targets. but the idea that they agreed on what to cut and how to cut it i think was oversold. >> hunt: again, what's the defense target if they could get a con seine us? >> well, obama has offered something like $300 billion over ten. or $400 over 12. but i don't think republicans have been willing to accept that so far. >> hunt: when we talk about crunch time now, julianna, we'
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i really think the government's too big. i think we're outside the bounds of the enumerated powers and i think the problem is too big government we need to put it on a very strict atkins' style diet and lose about six or eight inches in its waistband. but i don't agree with him when it comes to tax expenditures that are stupid and calling that a tax increase if you take away the direct payments to somebody to get the todo something they already have todo. so in philosophy i agree, we need a smaller government, a more limited government, a more effective vernment, but i think the idea of somebody outside of congress telling us what our tax policy would be is ludicrous. >> rose: (laughs) this is what... i should make a point that we invited senator durbin and senator conrad tonight as well a they'll appear hopefully later this week. this is what david brooks said, as you well know. "if the republican party were a normal party it would take advantage of this amazing moment. it is being offered trillions of dollars in spending c
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is italy too big to fail? >> well, certainly it is. i mean, if you have to think about a rescue package for italy no one today has the money to put it up. i mean, let's face it, as you said before, italy is six times the size of greece. so i think that everybody should be quite calm. today the markets were doing much better. it's true, as ken was saying before, part of the confusion arose because of a fight over an internal political fight between berlusconi and finance minister tremonte. but the decree for a large austerity plan was already passed. and it was because of this fight that the markets feared that maybe this decree was not going to be approved by parliament. today the situation has been clarified. by friday this package will be passed and, you know, italy is going to go on by adopting this plan and by 2014 it will have a balanced budget which is going to be quite an enviable situation if all of this will go according to plan. >> suarez: professor rogoff, the news of the austerity plan seemed to have calmed really jittery m
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there's a big gap between leaders and voters. so the long-term potential of social media is to bridge that gap, to draw leaders so they can listen to people and give ordinary people a chance to engage people and explain. >> brown: limitations and all that you talked about. >> absolutely. >> brown: darrell west, andrew rasiej, cecilia kang, thank you very much. >> ifill: still to come on the "newshour": high stakes deficit negotiations; budget woes in minnesota; the massive cheating scandal in atlanta's schools; southern sudan prepares for independence and the roger clemens perjury trial. but first, with the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: president obama announced today he'll begin sending condence letters to families of soldiers who commit suicide in combat zones. the decision reversed a policy that's been in place for years. military suicides have risen during the long-running wars in iraq and afghanistan. in his statement today, the president said, "these americans served our nation bravely. the
there's a big gap between leaders and voters. so the long-term potential of social media is to bridge that gap, to draw leaders so they can listen to people and give ordinary people a chance to engage people and explain. >> brown: limitations and all that you talked about. >> absolutely. >> brown: darrell west, andrew rasiej, cecilia kang, thank you very much. >> ifill: still to come on the "newshour": high stakes deficit negotiations; budget woes in minnesota;...
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version of some big names. it's important to note the u.k. newspaper part of the empire only represents 4% of group sales. but if you look, for example, at the cost of news of the world, the profits they contribute and the weekday paper, the sun, it's about $138 million. for a global empire that makes hand in earnings about $3 billion a year, they can probably handle a loss in advertising revenue and readers. but they've also got the possible conference ensation coming up from the alleged victims of the phone hacking. sienna miller's phone was hacked and received a settlement of $160,000 u.s. dollars. if you multiply that times alleged victims, $32 million is what it comes closer to. we'll have a look at the european central bank. likely to go up with interest rates today. more on that coming up. >> state media in china dismiss reports a head has tied. culminating reports that said he was dead. from beijing is our correspondent. martin, what has been fueling all this speculation? >> well, these rumors started last week because he failed to sh
version of some big names. it's important to note the u.k. newspaper part of the empire only represents 4% of group sales. but if you look, for example, at the cost of news of the world, the profits they contribute and the weekday paper, the sun, it's about $138 million. for a global empire that makes hand in earnings about $3 billion a year, they can probably handle a loss in advertising revenue and readers. but they've also got the possible conference ensation coming up from the alleged...
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the big cities are already jammed and in the next 10 years, they expect the largest internal migration in history there is a downside to all of this gallup and growth and you can see it, a thicket ago, bikes dominated the streets. today, everyone would like a car. -- a decade ago, bikes dominated the streets. the government has limited car ownership but in that edict might be too little, too late. the growth model could derail all of the economic gains of the past two decades. and this is a part in the heart of shanghai. three years ago, this is little more than an urban jump that was left behind when the world expo site was left behind and gutted. kongjian yu is the founder of turenscape, one of the most acclaimed design firms. he is an advocate for environmental sustainability and was brought in literally to change the landscape. >> every contaminated water and soil. in china, 75% of the water. all of the major leagues in china and the rivers, this runs through the city's and they have been contaminated. we decided to make this park a demonstration. how can you clean the water? you u
the big cities are already jammed and in the next 10 years, they expect the largest internal migration in history there is a downside to all of this gallup and growth and you can see it, a thicket ago, bikes dominated the streets. today, everyone would like a car. -- a decade ago, bikes dominated the streets. the government has limited car ownership but in that edict might be too little, too late. the growth model could derail all of the economic gains of the past two decades. and this is a...
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he chose to go big in a lot of different ways. and perhaps that was necessary as he has said, but it also set off a big backlash. we've been living with the consequences of that ever since. in part he did what he did without any republican support, because they made a calculate political decision tt opposition to obama was in fact the best course for them politically. so as jerry wrote today, the role of government is at the heart of the debate in this country about who we are as a people. but the hyper-partisanship has left us in a position where we can't easily deal with that, even if people of gowill want to do that. >> rose: the 28 election was ara and size of government? >> 2010 was. >> rose: 2010.yes, up to a poi,i think where the republicans may be overinterpreting is 2010 was also a referendum on the unhappiness of the american people about the state of the economy, and that is not entirely different from the role of government and the size of government, but it's not the same thing. it doesn't necessarily lead to the same
he chose to go big in a lot of different ways. and perhaps that was necessary as he has said, but it also set off a big backlash. we've been living with the consequences of that ever since. in part he did what he did without any republican support, because they made a calculate political decision tt opposition to obama was in fact the best course for them politically. so as jerry wrote today, the role of government is at the heart of the debate in this country about who we are as a people. but...
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new rules for leaders of big banks: the f.d.i.c. now can take back two years of pay from execs responsible for a large bank's failure, or negligent in that failure. critics like university of colorado finance professor sanjai bhagat say the new rules only cover salary, not the majority of a c.e.o.'s financial package, like stock and stock options. >> if most, or a good proportion, of a c.e.o.'s compensation comes from their stock and stock options, then the clawback feature might not have as much teeth as we would like. >> tom: and while there's much anticipation over the white house debt ceiling talks, the administration says it's unlikely a final deal will be reached at tomorrow's meeting. an administration spokesperson said a deal to raise the debt ceiling will likely need more sessions. still ahead, from buying a car to buying a house. tonight's "money file" on why your credit score is key to getting a good deal. >> susie: japan is talking stress tests. it's considering stress tests for its nuclear facilities to ease the public'
new rules for leaders of big banks: the f.d.i.c. now can take back two years of pay from execs responsible for a large bank's failure, or negligent in that failure. critics like university of colorado finance professor sanjai bhagat say the new rules only cover salary, not the majority of a c.e.o.'s financial package, like stock and stock options. >> if most, or a good proportion, of a c.e.o.'s compensation comes from their stock and stock options, then the clawback feature might not have...
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. >> yes, very big debate. >> rose: and tt debate is? >> tha debate is, ones that whether you can go create an islamic state through the current political democratic way, or that democracy is the enemy of islam, it's not an islamic way so you have to topple it through, you know, an undemocratic way. i think there is a dete on that. and then the second underlying debate is if we are in power, should we still be democracy. so more directly into what they callslamic wing. >> rose: and what wod be the role model for that? >> well, this is the problem. because they don't have what we call the practical example in reality. t they wou have like the way when prophet mohammed rule or -- 1400 years ago. >> re: do most people in indonesia consid iran a success? >> only minorities. turkey is much more a mod. >> rose: and turkey is what indonesia would le to be? >> some indonesia is, the justice party look at turkey as a model. but some of the people saying that turkey is not a finished model. it's going to the right model. >> rose: there are people
. >> yes, very big debate. >> rose: and tt debate is? >> tha debate is, ones that whether you can go create an islamic state through the current political democratic way, or that democracy is the enemy of islam, it's not an islamic way so you have to topple it through, you know, an undemocratic way. i think there is a dete on that. and then the second underlying debate is if we are in power, should we still be democracy. so more directly into what they callslamic wing....
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. >> susie: detroit's big three automakers registered double digit sales gain in june, but japan's top two carmakers are still struggling. sales popped 10% at the nation's biggest auto maker general motors. ford sales rose 13%, but chrysler was the big winner: up 30% thanks to a batch of new models, including the newly redesigned dodge durango and the fiat 500. toyota and honda both post sales declines of more than 20%. korean automakers gained ground: hyundai up 16%. kia 41%. cars.com senior editor joe wiesenfelder says their small cars are in demand. >> yes, i do believe that hyundai and kia are taking advantage of some of the shortages in supply from honda and toyota. people that might have considered japanese might be willing to look at a korean manufacturer. generally speaking though, i think that hyundai and kia are doing well because they've been doing great work recently. they just keep adding more and more strong products. >> susie: while small, fuel efficient cars were top sellers last month, the recent drop in gas prices helped fuel an increase in truck and s.u.v. sales acro
. >> susie: detroit's big three automakers registered double digit sales gain in june, but japan's top two carmakers are still struggling. sales popped 10% at the nation's biggest auto maker general motors. ford sales rose 13%, but chrysler was the big winner: up 30% thanks to a batch of new models, including the newly redesigned dodge durango and the fiat 500. toyota and honda both post sales declines of more than 20%. korean automakers gained ground: hyundai up 16%. kia 41%. cars.com...
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so i think the president took a big risk. maybe we will see his tone as he is giving it to them, angry, treating them like children. but a lot of people will take a look at it and say there's some arrogance and self-superiority there. >> rooney: . >> lehrer: well, it's 6:36 as we're speaking eastern time and the president's still speaking. in the white house briefing room. but he says, mark, that he's going to-- he called the bipartisan congressional leadership to the white house tomorrow, saturday for a meeting. but boehner says he's not negotiating, what's going on? that's what i am trying to get. we don't know. >> well, john boehner said he himself was going to now negotiate with the leaders of the senate. and to try and come up with something. that was in his statement. so but the president did say, not to come from me, he said be at the white house tomorrow morning at 11:00 and come up with a solution. it's up to you. i know the best of my knowledge harry reid and mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi have not been-- or citiz
so i think the president took a big risk. maybe we will see his tone as he is giving it to them, angry, treating them like children. but a lot of people will take a look at it and say there's some arrogance and self-superiority there. >> rooney: . >> lehrer: well, it's 6:36 as we're speaking eastern time and the president's still speaking. in the white house briefing room. but he says, mark, that he's going to-- he called the bipartisan congressional leadership to the white house...
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the blue chips were dragged lower by a big earnings miss from caterpillar, while the tech heavy nasdaq was lifted by strong earnings from chip maker advanced micro devices monday, we go beyond the scoreboard. our look at the business of sports gets the latest on the n.f.l. lockout. for more financial news, tune in to "nightly business report" weeknights on this public television station.
the blue chips were dragged lower by a big earnings miss from caterpillar, while the tech heavy nasdaq was lifted by strong earnings from chip maker advanced micro devices monday, we go beyond the scoreboard. our look at the business of sports gets the latest on the n.f.l. lockout. for more financial news, tune in to "nightly business report" weeknights on this public television station.
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. >> to which one answer might be "so why is it so big?" i mean, it is a vast territorial power which has, of course, significant ethnic minorities. they have large territories. >> rose: so you're suggesting that there is a history of chinese imperialism and any other historian who suggests that... >> no, no. i think that henry kissinger is clearly right. that it is not an eansionist power inhe sense thatfor exame, russia was. expanding constantly but i think... >> rose: and certain after the war. >> but i think that what you see already is a chinese strategic doctrine and kissinger, i think, would not dispute this which stakes an ambitious claim to a spheref influence as we rightly said and that would provoke conflict so i i think we're entering very very difficult times >> rose: well, your oxford colleague neil ferguson suggests that nationalistic forces will overwhelm and that there will be a conflict between... in some way between the united states and china. >> well any historian who has looked at the history of the rise and fall of gr
. >> to which one answer might be "so why is it so big?" i mean, it is a vast territorial power which has, of course, significant ethnic minorities. they have large territories. >> rose: so you're suggesting that there is a history of chinese imperialism and any other historian who suggests that... >> no, no. i think that henry kissinger is clearly right. that it is not an eansionist power inhe sense thatfor exame, russia was. expanding constantly but i think......
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there are big issues here. defense spending issues going to be very large, i think, for mcconnell because the reid approach had some serious cuts in defense spending. and then, you know,-- but mcconnell's already proposed some ideas that are likely to be incorporated in the reid-- in the reid bill that will allow the president to do a kind of second charge of increases in the debt limit without congress having much of an influence over it. congress would have to vote against it. so i think that the elements of a beale are here. you know, the problem from my perspective is, this is the easy stuff because it doesn't deal with tax,because it doesn't deal with entitlement. the question is, it doesn't even solve the deficit problem but it's been such a problem just to get the easy-- the question is that the rating agencies, the credit rating agencies and others, can can can they do the harder stuff right down the road? that, i think, is the real difficulty. >> one thing that hasn't been addressed, jim, and republica
there are big issues here. defense spending issues going to be very large, i think, for mcconnell because the reid approach had some serious cuts in defense spending. and then, you know,-- but mcconnell's already proposed some ideas that are likely to be incorporated in the reid-- in the reid bill that will allow the president to do a kind of second charge of increases in the debt limit without congress having much of an influence over it. congress would have to vote against it. so i think that...
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there's a big police investigation going on at the moment. the police, themselves, are under a lot of pressure because politically if they were the ones that said it was just a few isolated incidents. the reason why it's really explosive is because originally the executives at the news of the world claimed that it was just a few bad apples at the newspaper, just a few rogue reporters. now that defense has been unraveling for the last few months. that means people like rebekah brooks, the uk team executive of news corp., she is now right in the firing line because people want to know what she knew about it. >> we will leave it there. thank you very much. aid agencies are warning that people's lives are risk if east africa faces what is being described as its worst drought in decades, possibly a up to six years. and million people in the horn of africa are expected to have food shortages. tens of thousands of been on the move seeking aid in rescue decamped in kenya. one of those agencies has said this is a preventable disaster. i asked the u.n.
there's a big police investigation going on at the moment. the police, themselves, are under a lot of pressure because politically if they were the ones that said it was just a few isolated incidents. the reason why it's really explosive is because originally the executives at the news of the world claimed that it was just a few bad apples at the newspaper, just a few rogue reporters. now that defense has been unraveling for the last few months. that means people like rebekah brooks, the uk...
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toward the end of that side, there is a big world with everybody's hand print. that symbolizes that people here want to change the world. tavis: gives new meaning to i believe i confide. i can hear r kelley singing. you mentioned you have a michael blog -- micro blog. tell me how works. >> it works the same way in the u.s. people are more careful in what they say but 99% of what you want to say you can say. it is a lot more similar to twitter and people might imagine. tavis: our young people as hope to hear as they are in united states? >> probably even more so. alternatives are little more limited. there is not as much freedom in publishing on tv or newspapers or magazines. and this is so easy. and the mobile is very common and everywhere. micro blog is exponentially growing. tavis: when you talk about freedom, it leads to more active participation. how do people know where the line is? is there a class? do you learned the hard way? have you learned as a citizen where the line is with regard to what you can in cannot say? tavis: in every country it is understoo
toward the end of that side, there is a big world with everybody's hand print. that symbolizes that people here want to change the world. tavis: gives new meaning to i believe i confide. i can hear r kelley singing. you mentioned you have a michael blog -- micro blog. tell me how works. >> it works the same way in the u.s. people are more careful in what they say but 99% of what you want to say you can say. it is a lot more similar to twitter and people might imagine. tavis: our young...
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that's the big question. but you askd probably the most the smartest question which is even if that's the case, even if we get downgraded, will people stop buying treasurys? on a relative basis, we may still look like not a bad debt at least. >> but the problem in that scenario is that the cost to the government of getting money, of the price you have to pay in interest to get the money that you need will go up. if we're talking about a problem that is rooted in a deficit, a federal deficit that has grown dramatically in the last few years, you're now going to make that worse by making borrowing costs for the government higher. the irony is if the net result of trying to deal with the deficit will be to make borrowing costs higher so that the deficit becomes bigger rather than smaller over time, everybody will have shot themselves in the foot. >> starting with you, jerry, do you see much going on behind the scenes, contingency plans, you know, what-ifs? especially here in washington? you start with washington
that's the big question. but you askd probably the most the smartest question which is even if that's the case, even if we get downgraded, will people stop buying treasurys? on a relative basis, we may still look like not a bad debt at least. >> but the problem in that scenario is that the cost to the government of getting money, of the price you have to pay in interest to get the money that you need will go up. if we're talking about a problem that is rooted in a deficit, a federal...
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he's calling for a big, big compromise at this point. but let me ask you about what bipartisan folks like bowles, alan simpson, the center for responsible federal budget. i mean they're saying there's simply no way to get at this huge $14 trillion debt just on the spending side, that you have to go after revenues to get to that number. >> i think there's really two parts to that, judy. one is to reduce the overall business tax rate hopefully to make us more competitive globally. as i read president clinton reiterated today just makes sense if it's cheaper to do business here in the united states, then jobs will be created here. if it's cheaper to keep that cash and to create jobs abroad, that's what businesses will do because it makes economic sense. but again i think the last thing i would think you would want to do when the recovery is is so anemic and when the private sector is sort of sitting on the side lines because they don't know what the costs of doing business are going to be, tax rates, regulatory policy, that i think we need
he's calling for a big, big compromise at this point. but let me ask you about what bipartisan folks like bowles, alan simpson, the center for responsible federal budget. i mean they're saying there's simply no way to get at this huge $14 trillion debt just on the spending side, that you have to go after revenues to get to that number. >> i think there's really two parts to that, judy. one is to reduce the overall business tax rate hopefully to make us more competitive globally. as i read...
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paul krugman and others have suggested that it was never big enough from the start. the white house cut a deal and they thought they could get through even when they controlled both houses of congress. >> right. a couple of things. let's remember that it barely got through. there was not a lot of margin. that is related to the second point. i am sympathetic as a peer of economists to the notion that it should have been there. -- i am sympathetic as a pure and economist. it did not look obvious that say a trillion dollar stimulus could have gotten through the congress even though both congress is had democratic majority. -- both houses had a democratic majority. the number kept changing. it was 787 and now it is estimated to be 850 as more data came in. this is not at all obvious that we had gotten bigger. what is obvious is that we could have made it better. this is lost to history now, but you might remember in return for almost no republican votes, no matter what it was, the president gave over about 250 billion, about 1/3 of the stimulus. this was in the spirit of
paul krugman and others have suggested that it was never big enough from the start. the white house cut a deal and they thought they could get through even when they controlled both houses of congress. >> right. a couple of things. let's remember that it barely got through. there was not a lot of margin. that is related to the second point. i am sympathetic as a peer of economists to the notion that it should have been there. -- i am sympathetic as a pure and economist. it did not look...
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workers, 600,000 of the big three. in 2004 it was 230,000, to today it's 111,000. they've suffered enormous reductions and hundreds of thousands of workers have taken buyouts in the last few years. so the companies are bringing more cars online. they can use... they can dangle more jobs and more products and more employment to the u.a.w. as a concession because they don't want to increase their hourly wage rate because they're still paying more on average than their foreign competitors. >> brown: but for the union it's in a sense fighting for some relevancy here, i guess, right? >> well, survival basically. there's two things the union needs to do. they need to get a contract that their members will accept. they also have to send a message to the foreign companies. they have been trying desperately to organize the transplants. toyota, honda, nissan, and, frankly, they've had no success. and they've tried this for decades and the new waub president bob king has made this a goal. if they don't organize the transplants they are forever going to be sort of sliding down
workers, 600,000 of the big three. in 2004 it was 230,000, to today it's 111,000. they've suffered enormous reductions and hundreds of thousands of workers have taken buyouts in the last few years. so the companies are bringing more cars online. they can use... they can dangle more jobs and more products and more employment to the u.a.w. as a concession because they don't want to increase their hourly wage rate because they're still paying more on average than their foreign competitors....
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that's a big gap. means a lot of programs would be cut that would drive the u.s. into a recession. i think that's a much more likely scenario than a default scenario. it just seems inconceivable that the treasury department would not pay on our debt. that would create all kinds of havoc financially here and globally. so i don't think they'll do that. >> ifill: let me ask you a question in addition to that on friday night people said when the markets open on monday morning there is going to be a big effect because of the deal that fell apart on friday night. yet we didn't see that much of an effect, why is that? >> well, i think there, a lot of people are second-guessing how financial investors and financial markets are going to react. and they've been wrong and wrong again. most of the markets are a little jittery, a little nervous but they're not panicked yet. i think the heat will get turned up as it were, as we head closer to august 2nd. but right now i would say markets are nervous but not panicked. >> ifill: nervous but not panicked. let's talk about the state because a lot of
that's a big gap. means a lot of programs would be cut that would drive the u.s. into a recession. i think that's a much more likely scenario than a default scenario. it just seems inconceivable that the treasury department would not pay on our debt. that would create all kinds of havoc financially here and globally. so i don't think they'll do that. >> ifill: let me ask you a question in addition to that on friday night people said when the markets open on monday morning there is going...
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. >> last-minute captures on the big day. same-sex couples sweltering in the heat. >> with the celebration comes spending. it's thought same-sex marriages will boost the country by $3 million over the next three years. a handful of states have legalized same-sex marriage and new york is the one that will draw in the crowds. a destination in its own right. -- in its own rite. >> mark mattias had his cupcakes at the ready. his customers in this predominantly gay area of manhattan are now planning their weddings. >> roughly 50% of our business is weddings and we're expecting a big boost in revenue due to same-sex couples's weddings. >> the federal government here doesn't recognize these weddings. >> if one of us should pass away, the other cannot get social security and with regard to finances and taxes, we're not just treated the same as a heterosexual coup. >> whatever the picture at the national level, new york is welcoming same-sex couples with open arms, and after years of waiting, newlyweds are ready to throw the ultimate
. >> last-minute captures on the big day. same-sex couples sweltering in the heat. >> with the celebration comes spending. it's thought same-sex marriages will boost the country by $3 million over the next three years. a handful of states have legalized same-sex marriage and new york is the one that will draw in the crowds. a destination in its own right. -- in its own rite. >> mark mattias had his cupcakes at the ready. his customers in this predominantly gay area of...
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>> it means big dragon. it sounds silly in english. i hear that in response with the way i respond to my name. it has become my name. tavis: where is home for andrew ballen? >> home is china. my full humanity and certainly, i think, the flower of what i hope and believe is any intellectual potential. the welcome that i've received here, what i have seen and learned about family and the ability to make the society flourish are things that i have learned in china and i think it is fair to say this feels like home to me. tavis: faith. china. china, faith. is that oxymoronic? are there people of faith? do people in china have a faith or is it just about hard work and family? >> that's a good question. faith every different sector, creed, they all exist here. i think that you would be surprised. you walk into a church in china, they are jam-packed and i worship, it shocked me. it is a beautiful thing to see. don't necessarily believe the hype here. i also think that in china, there is a more pragmatic faith. it is a more tangible faith that
>> it means big dragon. it sounds silly in english. i hear that in response with the way i respond to my name. it has become my name. tavis: where is home for andrew ballen? >> home is china. my full humanity and certainly, i think, the flower of what i hope and believe is any intellectual potential. the welcome that i've received here, what i have seen and learned about family and the ability to make the society flourish are things that i have learned in china and i think it is...
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>> yes, whether it's the answer, that's the very big question. you're right, france and germany are trying to drive the process of presenting at the end of today a credible and sustainable response to the greek crisis, because the lack of a credible and sustainable solution has been what's spooked the markets and put enormous pressure on other economies, particularly the italians over the last week or 10 days. it does seem from what's coming out from european officials that the most likely option today in among the package may be an emphasis on buying back greek debt that's in private hands, in the hands of banks and other investors. that's an effort to reduce the level of greek debt. the idea is that european funds and the central bank and for the european financial stability fund would be used to try and reduce the level of overall greek debt. the attractiveness of that idea is that it apparently would not trigger a default rating, that is, a failure rating, if you like, by the major credit rating agencies. it would avoid further crisis of conf
>> yes, whether it's the answer, that's the very big question. you're right, france and germany are trying to drive the process of presenting at the end of today a credible and sustainable response to the greek crisis, because the lack of a credible and sustainable solution has been what's spooked the markets and put enormous pressure on other economies, particularly the italians over the last week or 10 days. it does seem from what's coming out from european officials that the most...
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and of course in whole region is, there is a huge ripple effect because this is obviously a big jobs generator, the place they call the space coast. but in particular today i spent some time talking with travis thompson who has spent 33 years here at the kennedy space center working on the shuttle program. he is the lead technician on the clogout crew, the guys who button them up, the astronauts, strap them in, shut the door and send them off to space. he and his team, it was a very emotional day for them. as they were finishing up their job they had put together a series of cards with messages talking about their appreciation for the program, their patted rotism and frankly -- patriotism and their sadness, and the final word was god bless america, held by travis thompson himself. this is travis thompson's last day on the job, after 100 shuttle missions, getting the crews strapped in and ready to go to space, tomorrow he has no job. where he is going to go to work. as he said, my job is putting human beings in spacecraft to go to space. i don't see a lot of prospects for doing that s
and of course in whole region is, there is a huge ripple effect because this is obviously a big jobs generator, the place they call the space coast. but in particular today i spent some time talking with travis thompson who has spent 33 years here at the kennedy space center working on the shuttle program. he is the lead technician on the clogout crew, the guys who button them up, the astronauts, strap them in, shut the door and send them off to space. he and his team, it was a very emotional...
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it seems the easiest thing to do would do -- to do the big blockbusters. >> it is something that looks like that from the outside than it actually is. with the reduction of oscillates from all studios, movies are harder and harder to get made every year. they are less and less prominent. especially parts for me. you could sit back and wait for somebody to hand you something. those things happen every once in a while. but when you see a movie like this that this special and interesting, this had to come from outside. you have to get behind a project like that to make happen. tavis: that is a loaded statement, parts for me. unpack that. >> when there are less parts in general, there are less parts for people who gets less parts anyway. [laughter] it is less sales, less roles. you have to hustle. it is a grind. tavis: at this point, are you looking for high-quality material? there is a comedic elements to it. are you in that vein? or it turns out that the things we're talking about, you can do comedy as well? >> i have 0 is done both. it is just the dramatic roles have made more noise and
it seems the easiest thing to do would do -- to do the big blockbusters. >> it is something that looks like that from the outside than it actually is. with the reduction of oscillates from all studios, movies are harder and harder to get made every year. they are less and less prominent. especially parts for me. you could sit back and wait for somebody to hand you something. those things happen every once in a while. but when you see a movie like this that this special and interesting,...
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that to me is a big issue. tavis: i spoke with a lot of kids in shanghai and beijing. there were some migrant kids who were getting a chance to get an education. there were also some well-to-do kids. many of them wounded mitt it and some would not. if you got them into an honest and authentic conversation, they would admit that they do feel the pressure. this single-child policy means that you are the only child, obviously. you have parents to take care when they get older and all of this responsibility rests on your shoulders because of the sheer numbers. there are only so many seats in the colleges and universities in southern china. if you get into one of those seats, there are only so many jobs, given the billions of people that live in china. i am raising that to ask what you think the long-term impact will be of this one-child policy. >> we have already seen some consequences. some of them are-point you already put your finger on the negate of them are- ive. you already put your finger on some of them. china is only in its infancy in terms of developing a nationw
that to me is a big issue. tavis: i spoke with a lot of kids in shanghai and beijing. there were some migrant kids who were getting a chance to get an education. there were also some well-to-do kids. many of them wounded mitt it and some would not. if you got them into an honest and authentic conversation, they would admit that they do feel the pressure. this single-child policy means that you are the only child, obviously. you have parents to take care when they get older and all of this...
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>> well, you know, this is a big advocate for the victim. and a lot of victims don't have such an advocate. but frankly for the prosecutor, he's in a tough place. because even if he personally believes his victim, he has to keep in mind, can i prove it beyond a reasonable doubt to the jury given who this defendant is. and so what the victim's lawyer is saying, you know what, don't be a cow ard about this. maybe she lied, but we think the jury will still believe her. and i think the prosecutor is saying if she lied under oath to a grand jury, given the quality of the defense lawyer he has, i don't want to see what's going to happen during this trial. >> brown: so laurie levenson, what happens over the next month or so in the prosecutor's office, what are you -- from your experience, what do you think they're doing now? >> well, after they got over the initial panic i think what they are doing is tracking down every statement she made, seeing if they can corroborate her story as much as possible, seeing under what conditions she might have mad
>> well, you know, this is a big advocate for the victim. and a lot of victims don't have such an advocate. but frankly for the prosecutor, he's in a tough place. because even if he personally believes his victim, he has to keep in mind, can i prove it beyond a reasonable doubt to the jury given who this defendant is. and so what the victim's lawyer is saying, you know what, don't be a cow ard about this. maybe she lied, but we think the jury will still believe her. and i think the...
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this is big part of the fabric of the united states. to your question the most important thing is that we look at the u.s. economy and manufacturing with all the policies that we have to make sure we have appropriate tax structur we have appropriate educion but we have a eye towards manufacturing. >> charlie: do we have the propriate tax structure, the appropriate talent level and the appropriate education. >> we are making progress. now clearly we all know the issues but the fact we have moved manufacturing up on the agenda, the fact that the president has the manufacturing task force. he also has a task force for export, real positive signs. for example we are now making the new export, fabulous vehicle that's going to be made in chicago. we're adding 1200 new jobs, another 800 with suppliers recognized states, and charlie we're going to expt that new store to 93 countries around the world. there's no reason we can't do that if our cost structure and our processes are competitive. >> charlie: the cost structure became what it is becau
this is big part of the fabric of the united states. to your question the most important thing is that we look at the u.s. economy and manufacturing with all the policies that we have to make sure we have appropriate tax structur we have appropriate educion but we have a eye towards manufacturing. >> charlie: do we have the propriate tax structure, the appropriate talent level and the appropriate education. >> we are making progress. now clearly we all know the issues but the fact...
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big growth in software systems and services which is the big moneymaker. the outlook looks pretty bright so what should shareholders be paying close to. >> the outlook is pretty bright. going back to your earlier question, you could tone down your enthusiasm because the top line reporting of revenues based on currency tailwind, nevertheless, 5% same currency as revenue growth for the company overall is pretty good. so it is looking ahead i think we have to see whether the strength in hardware can continue because they had new fresh batch of machines last september. and those are now about a year dated. and they will pull a lot of orders for three quarters now and that will continue and software and services get added on to that. and that continues for another year or so. that is one question in mind. >> at least i anybodially it seems like the shareholders were putting courage-- the share price looks to pop to possibly a new high after hours, certainly if did. if that continues to tomorrow it will be close to $180 per share. what is your outlook for the st
big growth in software systems and services which is the big moneymaker. the outlook looks pretty bright so what should shareholders be paying close to. >> the outlook is pretty bright. going back to your earlier question, you could tone down your enthusiasm because the top line reporting of revenues based on currency tailwind, nevertheless, 5% same currency as revenue growth for the company overall is pretty good. so it is looking ahead i think we have to see whether the strength in...
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there was a big difference between cancer and migraines. if we are going to hold up a standard that if you have a headache that knocks you out for an hour or two, you cannot be president, fdr and kennedy, who had addison's disease, and eisenhower, who had a bad heart, would never have been president of the united states. i am not sure that is the position any of us would want to take. i think her answer was good, i think based on the evidence -- is their behavioral evidence of this woman not being able -- >> just be a cautionary. >> well, cautionary is fine -- >> i don't know the capitol hill physicians but i don't think it is fair to imply that somehow this is a less qualified individual. >> i'm not saying that. >> what about rick perry? >> rick . looks more and more like he is going to come into the race. -- rick perry looks more and more like he is going to come into the race. mike huckabee, a conservative finalist in 2008 against john mccain, has taken a shot at him, saying he will be the champion of traditional values and high morals,
there was a big difference between cancer and migraines. if we are going to hold up a standard that if you have a headache that knocks you out for an hour or two, you cannot be president, fdr and kennedy, who had addison's disease, and eisenhower, who had a bad heart, would never have been president of the united states. i am not sure that is the position any of us would want to take. i think her answer was good, i think based on the evidence -- is their behavioral evidence of this woman not...